“Unveiling the Hidden Truths: What Game Show Producers Don’t Want You to Know!”
I think I’ll leave all the falling as wiping out to the Black and Blue crew.
Who Wants To Be A Cheater?
In 2001, a man named Charles Ingram won a million dollars on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. At first, it just looked like this guy really knew his trivia, but upon closer examination of the show’s tapes, investigators discovered that Charles had cheated.
He had a friend in the audience look up the answers to all of the questions, and then cough when the host mentioned the right answer.
We Lost A Lifeline
On the original version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, contestants had three lifelines at their disposal: 50/50, ask the audience, and phone a friend. When the show first premiered in the late ’90s, it wasn’t as common for people to have access to the internet, and people definitely didn’t have the internet in their pocket at all times.
As access to the internet became more widespread, the show chose to remove the phone a friend lifeline.
The First Person To Win Didn’t Use Any Lifelines
Even though Who Wants to be a Millionaire allows the use of lifelines, contestants on the show don’t have to use any lifelines if they don’t need them. The first person who ever won the game show did so without using any lifelines, which is pretty impressive if you as me.
He used phone-a-friend to call his dad when he got to the final question to tell him that he was about to win. Then answered the question correctly without help.
